Key Events

We've (finally) heard from the fire service what happened

At 9.18am on Tuesday (31) one crew from Cottenham and two crews from Cambridge were called to a fire on High Street in Cottenham.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a building used as a mechanics workshop. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.

The crews returned to their stations by 11.20am.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

10:56KEY EVENT

Extinguished

A staff member from Cottenham Tyre Autocentre said: “It was a small fire but in a garage it was a sensible thing to contain.

“It’s all been dealt with beautifully.”

10:48

Fire engines

We have received reports of two fire engines in Cottenham High Street.

We’ve contacted the fire service for more information - we’ll have more on that as we get it.